Understand your emotions
Recognise your reactions and the needs beneath them.
Sophie Parienti · Conscious communication
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Speak to Be Heard Mastermind
The conversations that matter most.
An online mastermind for people who want to express themselves with greater clarity, understand recurring conflict, and create deeper connection in their relationships.
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More understanding. More connection.
You may recognise the same difficult conversations happening again and again: feeling unheard, becoming defensive, or struggling to say what matters without creating distance.
Speak to Be Heard Mastermind explores Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and practical ways to bring more awareness, honesty, and empathy into those conversations.
This may be for you if you want to:
- Express your feelings and needs more clearly.
- Listen with curiosity during difficult conversations.
- Explore patterns that keep conflict recurring.
- Practice a more conscious way of relating.
Communicate with clarity
Find words for what matters, and listen with curiosity.
Deepen your connection
Bring more understanding and care into your relationships.
RECOGNISE THE PATTERN. FIND A NEW WAY.
When the same conversation keeps happening
A familiar conversation
Perhaps a small disagreement turns into a familiar argument. You try to explain yourself, your partner becomes defensive, or one of you goes quiet. Underneath it all, you want to feel heard, understood, and close again.
A different way of responding
Speak to Be Heard Mastermind is an invitation to look beneath the surface of those moments: to recognise your emotional patterns, understand what matters to each of you, and practice a different way of responding.
This may be for you if…
- Navigating a difficult season
You are navigating tension, doubt, or a difficult period in your relationship.
- Feeling disconnected
You care about each other, but your conversations leave you feeling disconnected.
- Wanting to speak honestly
You want to speak honestly without blame, criticism, or shutting down.
- Understanding your own patterns
You are single and want to understand the patterns you bring into relationships.
- Bringing NVC into daily life
You already know something about NVC and want to bring it into daily life.
What you’ll explore and practice
- Say what you really mean without blame.
- Stay present when conflict becomes heated.
- Move beyond silence, defensiveness, and shutdown.
- Listen in a way that creates understanding.
- Make honest repairs after difficult moments.
- Understand your emotions and the needs beneath them.
- Express needs and set healthy boundaries.
- Use simple NVC-based sentences in everyday life.
- Recognise patterns behind recurring arguments.
- Build more clarity, emotional safety, and connection.
Through guided practice, you can bring more awareness and choice to the moments that matter—and begin to respond with greater clarity and care.
What is Nonviolent Communication?
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) offers a way to express yourself honestly and listen with empathy. It helps you notice what is happening, recognise your feelings, understand the needs beneath them, and make clear requests.
Observe
Describe what happened without turning it into a judgment about the other person.
Feel
Recognise what you are feeling, rather than expressing an accusation.
Need
Connect with what matters to you: perhaps care, understanding, trust, or space.
Request
Ask for something specific, with room for an honest response.
For example, instead of “You never listen,” you might practice: “When I’m speaking and you look at your phone, I feel disconnected. I’d like your attention. Would you be willing to put it down while we talk?”
The work goes beyond learning a sentence structure. It includes listening, understanding your own reactions, and finding language that feels natural to you.
THE LEARNING JOURNEY
Learning that moves into real life
The Speak to Be Heard Mastermind approach combines self-paced learning with live online group coaching led by Sophie and Jesse. You build a foundation, then bring your questions and everyday relationship experiences into guided practice.
01 · SELF-PACED FOUNDATION
Transformative Communication
Build your understanding, at your own pace.
- Your experience with conflict.Notice what happens for you when tension arises.
- It’s time to shift your approach.Explore a more conscious response to differences.
- A good look at our language.Recognise how words can invite connection or distance.
- A closer look at your needs and feelings.Connect your reactions to what matters underneath.
- The four-step NVC technique.Bring observation, feelings, needs, and requests together.
- Steps to success.Make these practices part of everyday conversations.
02 · LIVE ONLINE MASTERMIND
Speak to Be Heard Mastermind
Bring the learning into your real relationships.
- Relationships explained.Understand the patterns you bring into connection.
- Observation in depth.Separate what happened from the story about it.
- Emotions in depth.Meet strong feelings with awareness and empathy.
- Needs in depth.Explore what matters to both people.
- NVC integration in practice.Bring the tools to real situations and questions.
- Repair, requests, and daily connection.Practice asking clearly and reconnecting after tension.
The emphasis is on applying what you learn: understanding your patterns, practicing honest expression, making space for both people’s experiences, and finding a constructive way through differences.
About the next group
The previous offer was a six-week programme with six 90-minute online coaching sessions, six self-paced NVC modules, guided workbook exercises, and a supportive group space. The next group’s dates, schedule, duration, price, and included resources have not yet been confirmed. Joining the waiting list keeps you informed when those details are announced.
Practice, guidance, and a sense of community
Learning a new way of communicating can be easier when you have a place to ask questions and practice with others. The programme is built around an intimate group setting for sharing, reflection, and support, alongside practical exercises to use between sessions.
Practical resources
The previous programme included digital workbooks, a student notebook, an NVC sentence practice guide, and 108 Questions to Rebuild Intimacy. These resources supported reflection and conversations beyond the live sessions.
Support beyond a lesson
Group coaching, questions for Sophie and Jesse, and community discussion helped connect the teaching with real situations. The community format and support arrangements for the next group will be shared when announced.
MEET YOUR GUIDES
From tension to connection: our own experience
There was a time when Jesse and I could turn a simple conversation about dinner into an argument. We talked and talked, yet felt unheard and disconnected—close in our lives, but distant in the conversation.
Discovering and practicing a different way of communicating helped us listen, understand one another, and approach difficult moments more constructively. Our relationship became a place to keep learning and putting these tools into practice.
That experience is part of why we share this work. We bring both our teaching experience and the reality of being a couple who continues to practice what we teach.
25 yearsof individual and couple coaching experience
1,250+lives enriched through our work
10 yearsof workshop leadership
For over two decades, we have explored self-development and integrated these practices into our own lives. Our intention is to share that experience and help you develop more conscious, fulfilling relationships.
VOICES FROM OUR COMMUNITY
What previous participants have shared
Experiences of previous participants in our coaching work.
“Deepening my understanding of NVC has been extremely helpful to not only my coaching skills but also my personal relationship.”
“The concepts learned in the zoom calls and the teachings of Sophie and Jesse have been so valuable. I know already how to apply them in my life and my relationships.”
“I can now speak my truth without being afraid of my own emotions. My mother and I are much closer after this course, even though she was not attending.”
“Learning about NVC was a game changer for my relationship of 2 years.”
“Sophie and Jesse are amazing at giving each person personal attention.”
“This coaching has given me a practical way to find clarity in how I can best show up in my relationship.”
“I felt compelled to dive into the NVC coaching mastering to deepen my understanding of the methodology.”
“I feel this refresher has been instrumental to shifting my current relationship, especially because my partner decided to join me!”
A little about me
I’m Sophie Parienti, a relationship coach, author, media entrepreneur, and founder of YOGI TIMES, one of the world’s leading wellness media platforms. I have spent more than 25 years working directly with couples in crisis and over 30 years in the world of self-development and human behaviour.
Couples come to me when every other avenue has been exhausted. My work is not therapy. It is a structured, emotionally intelligent process that addresses the pattern beneath the pain, not just the presenting problem.
In my own marriage of over two decades, I have experienced first-hand the depth of work that conscious, lasting love requires.
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Your questions, answered
Is this only for romantic relationships?
The programme focuses on love relationships, but the principles and practices can also support other emotionally involved relationships, including family and friendship.
What makes this different from learning NVC on my own?
The approach connects foundational learning with live coaching, real-life questions, guided practice, and a supportive group. Its focus is on bringing the concepts into conversations you actually have.
Will there be live sessions and learning materials?
Those were central to the original programme. The next group’s final schedule, session format, and included materials will be announced before enrollment opens.
What happens after I join the waiting list?
You’ll receive a short welcome email series from Sophie and hear when the next mastermind is announced. After signup, you can optionally share what brings you here and how familiar you are with NVC. There’s no payment and no commitment to enroll.
When will the next mastermind begin?
Dates have not yet been confirmed. Waiting-list subscribers will hear when a new group is announced.
Do I need to know NVC already?
You’re welcome to express interest whether NVC is new to you or you already practice it. The optional questions after signup help me understand your experience and what you’re looking for.
Does my partner need to join?
You can express interest on your own. This work explores your own communication and relationship patterns, even if your partner is not participating.
Does joining the waiting list commit me to anything?
No. There is no payment, no reservation, and no commitment to enroll. You’ll receive updates about the mastermind and a short welcome series, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
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